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Hermann Hesse90 quotes“Passion is always a mystery and unaccountable, and unfortunately there is no doubt that life does not spare its purest children; often it is just the most deserving people who cannot help loving those that destroy them.”
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The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse A magic dwells in each beginning, protecting us, telling us how to live.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse Only within yourself exists that other reality for which you long.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse No permanence is ours, we are a wave that flows to fit whatever form it finds.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse A house without books is a poor house, even if beautiful rugs are covering its floors and precious wallpapers and pictures cover its walls
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse There is no reality except the one contained within us.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse Solitude is independence.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse Your soul is the whole world.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse Age is a state of mind. Youth and age exist only among the ordinary people. All the more talented and exceptional of us; are sometimes old, just as we are sometimes happy, and sometimes sad.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse Theory is knowledge that doesn’t work. Practice is when everything works and you don’t know why.
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Norah RoseNorah Rose A memory is a star or a stain.
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Emily BockEmily Bock I’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
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